Eliya (late 8th/early 9th
Eliya (late 8th/early 9th
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Eliya (late 8th/early 9th [Syr. Orth.]
以利雅 (Eliya)（8 世纪末/9 世纪初 [叙利亚正教 (Syr. Orth.)]
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Author of a long letter addressed to his friend Leon of Ḥarran, in which he gives reason why he left the Melkite Church for the Syr. Orth.
一封致其友哈兰的莱昂 (Leon of Ḥarran) 的长信的作者，信中说明了其离开默基特教会 (Melkite Church) 而转投叙利亚正教会 (Syr. Orth.) 的理由。
Author of a long letter, in twelve sections, addressed to his friend Leon of Ḥarran , synkellos of the Chalcedonian bp. of Ḥarran , in which he gives reasons why he left the Melkite Church for the Syr. Orth. Nothing else is known of his identity or life; since he quotes a work of 743 by John of Damascus , he must have been writing after that date. The letter survives in a single ms. of the 9th/10th cent. (now divided between Rome, Vat. Syr. 145, and London, Brit. Libr. Add. 17,197).
一封共分十二节的长信的作者，该信致其好友哈兰 (Ḥarran) 的利昂 (Leon)，后者是哈兰 (Ḥarran) 的卡尔西顿派 (Chalcedonian) 主教 (bp.) 的修道顾问 (synkellos)，信中阐述了他离开默基特教会 (Melkite Church) 转投叙利亚正教会 (Syr. Orth.) 的原因。关于他的身份或生平，别无其他所知；由于他引用了大马士革的约翰 (John of Damascus) 743 年的一部著作，他必然是在该日期之后写作的。该信存于唯一一份 9/10 世纪 (cent.) 的手稿 (ms.) 中（现分藏于罗马 (Rome)，Vat. Syr. 145，以及伦敦 (London)，Brit. Libr. Add. 17,197）。
References
A. Van Roey, ‘La lettre apologétique d’Élie à Léon, syncelle de l’évêque chalcédonien de Ḥarran. Une apologie monophysite du VIIIe–IXe siècle’, LM 57 (1944), 1–52.
, ‘Trois auteurs chalcédoniens syriens: Georges de Martyropolis, Constantin et Léon de Ḥarran’, OLP 3 (1972), 125–53.
, Eliae Epistula apologetica ad Leonem, syncellum Harranensem (CSCO 469–70; 1985). (Syr. with LT)
Citation
Sebastian P. Brock. 2011. “Eliya (late 8th/early 9th.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Eliya-late-8th-early-9th-cent.